George Dawson (preacher)
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George Dawson was an English nonconformist preacher, lecturer and activist. He was an influential voice in the calls for radical political and social reform in Birmingham, a philosophy that became known as the Civic Gospel.
An engraving of Dawson, c.1852
The Unitarian Church of the Saviour in Edward Street, Birmingham (1847–1895)
Bust of Dawson in the Library of Birmingham
Samuel Timmins
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Samuel Timmins was a British Shakespearean scholar and antiquarian. He was invariably known as Sam Timmins, and signed himself "Sam: Timmins", using a colon for abbreviation in early modern style.
Portrait (circa 1875–1880) by William Thomas Roden, now in the collection of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Cartoon by E. C. Mountfort in The Dart, 27 April 1883 edition, captioned "Shakespeare in Birmingham - Mr. Sam. Timmins, with the aid of a "brazen candlestick" finds traces of Shakespeare's footprints in the sands of the old Rhea.", using an archaic spelling of Birmingham's River Rea